Helen Vangikar's Medical Review Officer Workshops – Dates in 2021

Please note: these training days run throughout the year. Please see the link below for upcoming dates.

Helen Vangikar’s Medical Review Officer (MRO) Workshop provides delegates with an understanding of the facts about drug and alcohol misuse in the workplace including how to compile a substance misuse policy, choice of biological sample, choice of service provider and interpretation of reports generated by the laboratory.  

MRO Training, part 1 with 5.5 CPD points

Course content:
- The role of the Medical Review Officer (MRO) including the Medical Review
- Laboratory process
- Adulteration checks and how donors try and mislead the testing
- Drug metabolism looking at the facts and fiction behind positive samples
- Evaluation and debate of Chain of Custody cases through result interpretation

MRO Training, part 2 with 5.0 CPD points

Course content:
- Use of alternative biological samples; hair, oral fluid, sweat
- Pros and cons of Point of Collection (POC) devices
- Quality and accreditation, minimum service level to expect
- Alcohol including biomarkers such as EtG/EtS, FAEE
- Evaluation via MCQs

Who should attend:

Occupational Health Nurses; Occupational Health Physicians; GPs and other associated medical and non-medical professionals.

Dates:

For further information on these and other courses which are held throughout the year in various locations visit: www.helenvangikar.com/training 

Or email helen@helenvangikar.com